Conversations With God

So I saw thiz movie today called "Conversations With God". It was quite moving and based on a true story.
It made me realize what I had forgotten earlier, and what probably all of us have forgotten while living in our contemporary capitalistic western society.

It made me realize that I'm going after all the wrong thingz. Getting stressed about work, finding a better paying job, taking care of the house, family business, income taxez, materialistic pleasurez like clothez and shoez and jewellery. We are all running towardz the wrong thingz. True, theze are the thingz we have to face to live in a society, but we have made them the very purpoze of our life; to get more clothez, to get more money, to get the coolest cell phone, to get a hip car. We are all still sleeping. Wake up people, and look at the big picture.

When you are on your death bed, are you not gonna be sorry that all your life you have been running, but didnt know after what? Do we not sometimez feel like, there iz a purpose for this life, but we havent figured it out yet? There is a saying by someone, "Live Big, Not Long."

In thiz movie the character Neale goez through very difficult life situationz. And he feelz very angry at God for doing all that to him. He getz frustrated and askz God, what does it take to make life work? Very soon, he realizes all hiz answerz. His "conversationz" with God (whether it happened or not) changed him az a person. It gave him a new insight into life. He goez on to share those feelingz with everyone around him and that in turn changed their livez too.

He tellz us that each and everyone of us haz conversationz with God. Gods communicatez with us through our feelingz. We all have those momentz when we feel as if that song on the radio iz directly speaking to us, when we are just thinking about someone and they show up, when we want something impossible to happen and it happens, when we make a decision which might seem to be bad but you do it becoz you feel itz right and looking back it ends up to be the best decision you ever made. It is timez like these when you are having a conversation with God. God speakz to all of us, he tellz us whatz right and whatz wrong, through these very feelingz. If we want peace in our life, stop running after thingz that are not bringing you any happiness and look within. You might find God very close to you.

Our situation with us right now remindz me of Abraham Maslow'z theory of Heirarchy of Needs. We have to get past the physical and social barrierz to actually reach the stage of SELF ACTUALIZATON. Neale in this movie had reached that point of self-actualization, bcoz everything else didnt seem to give him any answerz so he started thinking beyond that.

A very impressive scene near the end just movez everyone where Neale is asked if there waz one thing God would want to tell us, and if you could summarize all your conversationz in one paragraph what would you say? Neale answers, "I can say that in five words: You got me all wrong"

I believe that today it iz not the presence of God and religion which iz dividing us all. It iz the ABSENCE of it which iz playing a havoc in our society.